I celebrated the release of my book Finding the Upside of Down: How Tragedy Can Lead to Remarkable and Dramatic Breakthroughs. We had a party at Living the Dream Brewery and about 60 of my people attended. Within a day the book reached #1 for new releases in...

******Update to this post: It’s here. Order now! After five years of research and writing, my book is almost ready. The topic is postraumatic growth (This is NOT the cover) The book has been written, edited multiple times, a cover has been created, and the...

Man, our Christmas was stressful. I won’t go into the details but all the plans we had changed. We spent the last ten days helping out a friend in dire need. Literally finding her temporary housing, a job, a new place to stay, etc. Due to circumstances, the...

Trauma is in my wheelhouse. I grew up with trauma. I buried trauma. I finally learned how to deal with trauma when I became a Licensed Professional Counselor at age 37. For 15 years I have researched trauma, written about it, counseled clients, attended seminars,...

Brene Brown’s new book Braving the Wilderness released today. I bought it on Audible because she’s such a good storyteller and has so much wisdom. I wanted to hear her voice. Here’s what BookBub says: A timely and important new book that...

As a counselor, it’s fairly easy to keep secrets. That’s because I’m required to. It’s against the law except under very specific circumstances for me to share what clients tell me. So, I’ve had to get good at it. Usually that’s not a problem. But if a person’s...

6 days agoby lucille_zimmermanBreakfast when you have houseguests = Pizza and (Palisade) Peaches

1 week agoby lucille_zimmermanI love writing notes to the kids we sponsor around the world. I love when my two-year-old grandbaby points to their pictures on the refrigerator. She knows their names. Honestly I feel like my kids do more for me than I do for them. I covet their prayers! #compassion#foodforthehungry#feedmystarvingchildren#worldvision I always put stickers in the notes I sent back to them. What do you like to send to children that your sponsor?